Activists have staged a demonstration calling for a death penalty for child rapists, reports say.
The March-17 march was held in Taungoo Township, Bago Region, by members of political parties, civil society organisations, and lawyers.
The demonstration was 100-strong and officially permitted.

Five of the plaintiff witnesses have testified at the trial of a rape-murder case.
The hearing on March 16 in Pyinoolwin District, Mandalay Region, was the third one in a week. The next court appointments will be on March 19, 20, 21 and 22.
Phyo Htet Aung, 25, is the prime suspect for

A ceremony to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Deaths of Phone Maw and Soe Naing was held at Yangon Technology University (YTU) in Yangon on March 13 during which the message of last year was read out as that of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi had not arrived in time.
Present on the occasion